Botswana�s fight against HIV/AIDS declining
Friday, December 04, 2015
Dignitaries during the World Aids Day commemoration in Tonota. PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
While the Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi hailed the Botswana government progress in bringing down the infection and death incidence, activists were singing from a different song.They are seeing regress in the fight against the epidemic.
Globally, Botswana is known for its robust multi-sectoral response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...